ot-90

tried that lol didnt work.. i will strip it and see whats up with it..

got an air leak!! what a surprise!? lol..

what is this valve and what does it do? it constantly leaks air from the bottom valve under the rubber flap! is it supposed to do this or what?

yes the ot is 2.95 wide so iam widening and strengthening the rack to fit it,

i see your rack with 434 on it bends quite a bit!

I have a Foden Drops. I FIND IT ACE. 434 no problems stollys. You may find the OT is wide and will stick out just be carefull round bends,,

thanks wally..

HERE you are

 

REGARDS WALLY

any one know the daf drops 8x6 wheel nut torque settings?

ecm on a truck!? why and what for?

not sure it is the same as mine? see this link

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15693-Leyland-DAF-Drops-and-fv432/page10

sorry typo, should have been 8x6, i read somewhere they trialed running 8 wheel drive but had problems with one of the axles breaking

wasn't there a problem in the trials of the 8x8 with the second axle breaking?

more pics

hmm ok, any one else know for sure?

so what teething problems did you have?

no rot in the wings apart from one rear one has had a plate welded, cab is good with a little surface rust on roof as usual, will sort that with a little blasting and paint job one day..

its coming with two racks, 4 x very good rear tyres fitted and a spare! took some bargaining to get that lot lol.

its done 127k but seems to be original and not messed about, the engine is good and started with little black and no blue smoke, the batteries were flat but it jumped first crank. Need to test the batts and gel charge them i believe? all dash gauges work ok, same with hydraulics etc.

No idea which regiment it came from as yet? how can i find out?

No mot or uk registration as yet and no tacho either, will do all that myself, can get second hand tacho ok but the wiring and hall sensor may be more tricky? got any ideas?

went to withams (spit) and got fobbed off with a load of bolloxs from their so called salesman ' we have five available'! BS they had one and that was ****ed! dave was hard to deal with but came round on my second visit..lol

More pics on tuesday when it arrives

yup it certainly is

My daf drops has a radio rack fitted inside the cab, what type of radios do these mounts have in them? i will be removing them and selling them on if any one is interested? also has the aerial mount on the outside of the cab i think?

Mr Envy? lol

daf 8x6 drops arrives next tuesday :-)

cheers martin..

I drove one the other day around the guys yard and got taken out for a spin on the road and i must say apart from the bounciness unladen, it was easy to drive and fairly comfortable!

have you had any problems with yours?

any thing special i should look for when viewing one?

got a price of £170 for insuring the daf drops on a separate policy and £30 extra on my current policy :cool2: only for private use obviously!

so what is the average mpg of a drops? and prices to buy?, would prefer a pre 1989 iveco,daf,man etc,still looking into the idea, looking at a tatra 8x8 to convert also and comparing them all..

liking this

:nut: crazy ****, pmsl

i hope not! still looking for a tatra 813 transporter:nut:

My gaz 67b has now been sold and was loaded onto transporter today, she is now on her way to the Czech republic

Now the plan is to buy something a lot bigger to go with my ot-90

found a guy on ebay that bought his one a few years ago, uses it as a rolling base for grouting apparently?

he has told me that he may be selling it towards the end of this year and will let me know as and when he does..fingers crossed

send me pics to trapper_industries@hotmail.com you never know!?

indeed tony, have had some directors/producers ask for stupid things in the past!, a memorable one on set of tomb raider 2 (cradle of life), asked Angelina Jolie to go faster around a very narrow track bend with one hand on steering wheel of our gaz 69 jeep whilst talking on her phone and a sheer drop of 100 feet 2 feet to her right..oh and a large rock that bounced the gaz across on the near side all at the same time!

enough was enough and he was told NO more of that please.. well words to that effect..lol